About 460 local Korean veterans will leave early Tuesday morning to fly to Washington D.C. to see a memorial dedicated to them for their service.

About 460 local Korean veterans will leave early Tuesday morning to fly to Washington D.C. to see a memorial dedicated to them for their service.

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Updated: 5:23 PM CDT Mar 24, 2014

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WEBVTT ALL THESE VETERANS ARE GETTING READY FOR A ONCE IN A LIFETIME FLIGHT.. A FREE TRIP TO SEE A MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO THEM...FOR THEIR SERVICE. IN JUST HOURS 460 LOCAL KOREAN VETERANS WILL BE ON THEIR WAY TO WASHINGTON D-C. GOOD EVENING..I'M BRANDI PETERSEN IN FOR MELISSA FRY. I'M ADRIAN WHITSETT. THEY'LL BOARD THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE FLIGHTS.. THREE PLANES TO HONOR THE HEROES. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S TONY CORNETT IS LIVE NEAR 72ND AND GROVER WITH MORE. FUND-RAISING AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BROUGHT THESE NEBRASKA KOREAN WAR VETERANS HERE FOR THIS DINNER THIS EVENING... IT'S A WARMUP TO TOMORROW'S FLIGHTS THAT GIVE THESE MEN A CHANCE TO SEE THE MONUMENT CREATED IN THEIR HONOR... AND RECALL AN UNFORGETTABLE TIME IN THEIR LIVES... LIKE A MILITARY AIRLIFT, COORDINATION IS ESSENTIAL TO GET THESE MEN... AND THEIR MEMORIES TO D-C TO SEE THEIR MONUMENT AND MANY OF WASHINGTON'S OTHER WAR MEMORIALS AND SIGHTS...ARCHIE BRANDT SERVED ON THE BATTLESHIP IOWA ... ITS GIANT GUNS BOMBARDING THE ENEMY ... (Archie Brandt, Served on the Iowa in Korea, "It was quite a rumble.")HE WAS BARELY OUT OF HIS TEENS...(Archie Brandt, Served on the Iowa in Korea, "Oh, I was pretty old.I was 20 years old.--laughs--")HE SAYS IT WAS UNFORGETTABLE.(Archie Brandt, Served on the Iowa in Korea, "It was... Something I don't regret at all, I mean, I was glad to serve my country.") IT'S HIAWATHA THOMPSON'S FIRST TRIP TO D-C...(Hiawatha Thompson, Paratrooper in Korea, "Never been. I heard about the monuments and all that, and I was so excited to get on this trip, you know, I want to go.")A PARATROOPER, HE SAYS HIS WAR MEMORIES ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE HE MET... (Hiawatha Thompson, Paratrooper in Korea, "You know, you meet so many people, you know, from everywhere, you know, and I just loved it.") DENNIS PAVLIK CAN TELL HIS STORY IN JUST A COUPLE OF SENTENCES...HE'S ONE OF NEBRASKA'S TWO SURVIVING P-O- W'S FROM THE KOREAN CONFLICT... (Dennis Pavlik, Korean War POW, "I got captured.... I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.")(Dennis Pavlik, Korean War POW, "I was behind a rock, and I had my rifle with the slack pulled out of the trigger. And I had him dead to rights. And he didn't see me until just a few feet. And he jumped back.")PAVLIK DIDN'T SHOOT AND SAYS THAT MIGHT HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE BECAUSE HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER... AND SIX WEEKS LATER...RELEASED...(Dennis Pavlik, Korean War POW, "Never so happy in my life....That... That was something.") THIS HONOR FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON PROMISES TO BE "SOMETHING, " TOO, THEY WON'T FORGET...THEY WAKE UP AT THREE TOMORROW MORNING, WHEELS UP AT EPPLEY SHORTLY AFTER, A FULL DAY IN WASHINGTON, AND THEN BACK TO OMAHA LATE TOMORROW NIGHT.REPORTING LIVE, TONY CORNETT, KETV, NEWSWATCH 7

Korean veterans to visit war memorial

About 460 local Korean veterans will leave early Tuesday morning to fly to Washington D.C. to see a memorial dedicated to them for their service.